Rotary diesel engine



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ROTARY DIESEL ENGINE Filed Sept. 25, 1943 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 25. 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROTARY DIESEL ENGINE Glenn 1. Wayland, Ottumwa, Iowa Application September 23, 1943, Serial No. 503,557 1 Claim. (ci. 123-43) My invention relates to internal combustion engines, and has among its objects and advantages the provision of an improved engine of the Diesel type operating on the two-cycle principle and embodying a novel rotary engine structure rotated through the medium of rocket power impulses incident to the exhausting gases and direct power impulses from the pistons.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an end view of an engine in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view through one bank of cylinders; I

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4--4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is an end view 01' one of the cylinders with a portion broken away;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the power levers for connection with a piston of the engine;

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a link connecting one end of the lever of Figure 6 with its piston;

Figure 81s a perspective view of a slide through which the arm of Figure 6 extends to a position inside its respective cylinder;

' slide of Figure 8; and

Figure 10 is a sectional detail view of a cam structure coacting with a group of arlns of the type illustrated in Figure 6.

In the embodiment selected for illustration, Figure 3 illustrates the engine shaft at l2 as being rotatably supported in bearings l4 mounted in engine supports it. The engine comprises two banks l8 and 28 of cylinders 22 and 24. Figure 3 illustrates the banks I 8 and 28 as being spaced axially of the shaft I2, while Figure 1 illustrates the cylinders l8 grouped in the outline of a square with the cylinders arranged with their axes at an angle of ninety degrees one with the other. However, two diagonally opposite cylinders are arranged with their axes in parallelism. The cyl-' inders-24 are arranged in the same manner with the exception that the group is offset forty-five degrees with respect to the cylinders 22.

the axes of the cylinders 22 and 24, when viewed according to Figure 1, are angled at forty-five degrees one with the other when viewed by cylinder in either a counteror clockwise direction,

Cylinder-carrying bodies 28 and 28 respectively support the cylinder banks l8 and 20. These bodies are in the nature of flanges arranged at Thus 2 right angles to the axis of the shaft l2 and each includes an annular flange 38 to which their respective cylinders are attached, as by bolts 32. The two bodies 26 and 28 are connected as a unit by a body 34 through which the shaft l2 extends and is keyed thereto, as at 38. Tubular extensions 38 and 48 are respectively secured to the engine supports it. The shaft l2 extends loosely through the tubular extension 38 and a sleeve 42 on the body 28 extends loosely through,

the greater length of thetubular extension 40) with the sleeve 42 fitting snugly on the shaft l2 and the latter extending loosely through the remaining extent of the extension 48.

To the extension 38 is fixedly secured an eccentric flange 44 and a. similar flange 48 is attached to the tubular extension 40. Figure 3 illustrates the eccentric flange 44 as lying within the annular flange 30 of the body 26 and the eccentric flange 46 as lying within the annular flange 30 of the body 28. Since the two cylinder banks Hand 28 are identical in construction and operation, the description of either bank structure will apply to both.

Referring to Figure 2, each cylinder 22 is provided with a slidable piston 48 having one end of a link 50 pivotally connected therewith and the other end of the link pivotally connected with a power lever 52 extending through an openin St in a slide 58 movable longitudinally of the cylinder. The power levers 52 are pivotally connected intermediate their ends to lugs 58 projecting inwardly'from the annular fiange30. This annular flange has openings 60 through which the power levers 52 are extended. ,The inner ends of the power levers 52 are provided withtwo parallel arms 62, see Figure 6, bored at 84 for the reception of bearings 88, see Figures 2 and 10, engaging the peripheral face of the cam 44. The lugs 58 fit between the arms 82 and are pivotally connected therewith through the medium of bearing pins 88.

Each of the cylinders is provided with a plurality of exhaust ports 10 to exhaust the gases to the atmosphere, with the reaction such as to impart clockwise rotation to the cylinder bank when viewed according to Figure 2. The cam 44 is eccentric in the degree necessary to permit pivotal movement of the power levers 52from one excylinder bank in a clockwise direction when viewed according to Figure 2.

Should a cylinder fail to fire, provision is made for. moving that power lever 52 in conformity with the cam 44 on the intake stroke of the piston. This means comprises a..fiange I4 fixedly related to the cain 44 and provided with a groove I8 for the reception of pins I8 attached to the respective bearings 62. The groove 16 is to that portion of the cam 44 which moves the pistons downwardly in their respective cylinders.

In Figure 1, the cylinders 22 are provided with fuel injectors 80 in the heads thereof. The cylinders 24 are also provided with identical fuel in- 'jectors. In Figure 1, the fuel injectors include plungers 82 engaged by arms 84 pivotally connected at 86 intermediate their ends with lugs 88 projecting inwardly from the annular flange 30. The inner ends of the arms 84 are provided with bearings 90 engaging the peripheral face of a cam 92 fixedly related to the cam 44.

Since the cam 92 is stationary.,rotation of the engine will cause actuation of the arms 84 to operate the fuel injectors 82. Fuel is supplied to the injectors pipes 94, see

82 through Figure 2, communicating with a chamber 96 in the body 34, see Figure 3. The sleeve 42 is provided with a passage 98 having communication with the chamber 96 and extending longitudinally through the sleeve for connection with a fuel feeding means (not shown), which may be mounted on the extension 40. The

body 34 may also be provided with a chamber I for a lubricant to be delivered to the cylinders andother working parts of the engine by suitable means (not shown). The chamber I00 has communication with a passage I02 in the sleeve 42 for connection with a source of lubricant in the same manner as the passage 98.

and secured to the bars by bolts H2. The outer edges of the bars I06 have grooves II4 slidably engaging the edges H6, of their respective cylinders. the cylinders being cut out at I I8 to accommodate their respective slides, see Figure 4. Each cylinder is provided with an end plate I20 fitting against the flange I22 at the end of the cylinder and secured thereto by channel clamps I24 bolted Scavenger lips I04 are provided on the cylinders 22 and 24, which lips are curved in the direction of rotation of the engine and are arranged to deflect air' inwardly of the cylinders for scavenging purposes.

Figures 8 and 9 illustrate the construction of the slides 56. Each slide comprises two curved plates I06 fixedly secured one to the other by bars I08 fitting in recesses H0 in the bars I08 into a unitary structure, as at I26 in Figure 5. The plates I20 are provided with openings I28 for the movement of air incident to piston travel.

Without further elaboration, the foregoing will so fully illustrate my invention, that others may, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt the same for use under various conditions of service.

I claim:

In an internal combustion engine, a shaft, a hollow body rotatable about said shaft, cylinders carried by said body externally thereof at its periphery and extending circu'mferentially or the body in spaced relation to each other, a cam carried by said shaft within said body, pistons in said cylinders slidable longitudinally in forward end portions thereof, said cylinders having longitudinal slots in their rear portions, said body being formed with circumferential slots in its periphery between the cylinders, plates slidable longitudinally in the slots of said cylindersv and each formed with an opening, levers passing through the slots of the body and the openings of said plates and pivotally mounted in the body, said levers having their inner ends bifurcated to receive bearings adapted to contact said cam and their outer ends pivoted to said pistons, said levers being pivotally mounted intermediate their ends on said body.

GLENN J. WAYLAND.

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